Chapter 3

Alfred. Cong. Ch., 10.50; Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., 2.22 12.72 Andover. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Auburn. Samuel J. M. Perkins 10.00 Augusta. "A Friend" 30.00 Bangor. Hammond St. Cong. Ch. 100.00 Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch., L. M. Circle, Bbl. C. _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Boothbay Harbor. Mrs. M. Alice Beal, _for Gospel Work_ 8.00 Brewer. Jun. C. E. S., 2 boxes Christmas Gifts, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Freeport. Miss G. B. Lewis 1.00 Gardiner. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn_ 24.00 Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 118.29 Gorham. H. H. Soc., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00 Harpswell Center. Bbl. C., by Mrs. E. R. Morse, _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Harrison, Cong. Ch. 3.37 Litchfield Corners. Y. P. S. C. E., by Walter T. Earle, Treas. 2.50 Litchfield Corners. Bbl. C., by Mrs. D. F. Smith, _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. 5.50 Phippsburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.27 Portland. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 40.00 Portland. W. M. Soc., _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 8.00 Portland. Second Parish Cong. Ch., Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C. _for Greenwood, S. C._ Robinston. Ladies' Aid Soc., of Cong. Ch., Bbl. Bedding, Freight 1.85, _for Talladega, Ala._ 1.85 Rockland. Woman's Aid Soc., of Cong. Ch., Bbl. Bedding, etc., Freight 2, _for Talladega, Ala._ 2.00 Searsport. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., 5; Jun. C. E. S., 4, _for Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._ 9.00 Wells. Barak Maxwell, 20; "A Friend," 1 21.00 West Cornville. Addie Bicknell .50 West Paris. Miss Mary L. Dana, "Youth's Companion" for one year, _for Macon, Ga._ Woodfords. Carl Coffin, S. S. Class, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 2.10 Woodfords. Bbl. C. and Bedding, _for Lincoln Acad., N. C._ Woodfords. 2 Bbls. C., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Sec., _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Woodfords. Bbl. C., _for Marion, Ala._ Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. (5 of which from Mrs. E. D. Freeman, Memorial Miss Sophia Carleton) 40.00

Maine Woman's Aid to A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Cumberland Center 22.00 Lewiston, Pine St. Ch. 25.00 Turner. Mrs. S. L. Bird 1.00 Pownal 5.00 ------ 53.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,098.04

Amherst. Edward D. Boylston, 100; Cong. Ch., 80; Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., 11.46 191.46 Boscawen. Mrs. Mattie P. Webster, Freight, _to Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 1.00 Claremont. Y. W. Soc., Bbl. C., etc., _for Wilmington, N. C._ East Brentwood. Rev. H. H. Colburn 10.00 East Jaffrey. Cong. Ch., 14.50; Christian Endeavor Soc., 5.42 19.92 Farmington. First Cong. Ch. (30 of which from Y. P. S. C. E.) _for Student Aid, Nat, Ala._ 35.40 Greenville. Cong. Ch. (of which F. W. Ely 25). 40.00 Jaffrey. "Lilies of the Field," by Miss L. S. Adams, _for Storrs Sch._ 10.00 Littleton. First Cong. Ch. 24.83 Londonderry. Chas. S. Pillsbury 1.00 Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. L. GOODRICH, MRS. J. B. ESTEY and MRS. J. G. JONES L. M.'s 102.12 Merrimac. Geo. S. Parkhurst, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00 Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 New Castle. Willing Workers, _for Straight U._ 10.00 Pembroke. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 15.34 Peterboro. Union Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E. 10.00 South New Market. Miss H. L. Fitts, _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 32.40 Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 South New Market. Miss H. L. Fitts, _for Freight_, 1.71 Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ 1.71 Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. 10.86 -------- $598.04 ESTATES.

Lyndeboro. Estate of Jotham Hildreth, _for benevolent and charitable purposes of the A. M. A., among the Colored People of the South_, by William R. Putnam, Trustee 500.00 -------- $1,098.04

VERMONT, $388.00.

Barnet. Sab. Sch, Cong Ch. 4.83 Barre. Cong. Soc., Bbl. C., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Burlington. Mary C. Wheeler, _for Straight U._ 20.00 Cambridge. M. and C. Safford 15.00 Damon's Crossing. Geo. A. Appleton 10.00 Dorset. Y. P. S. C. E., by Marcia K. Gray, Ch. M. C., _for Student Aid, Blowing Rock. N. C._ 10.00 Dorset. Mrs. H. M. Johnson 1.00 Essex. A. A. Slater, Box and Bbl. C., _for Columbia, S. C._ Greensboro. Cong. Ch. 4.20 Jeffersonville. Second Cong. Ch. of Cambridge 5.50 Johnson. A. J. Grant, _for Straight U._ 5.00 Milton. Y. P. S. C. E., Cong. Ch., _for C. E. Hall, McIntosh, Ga._ 1.85 Montpelier. Bethany Sab. Sch., by D. S. Wheatley, Treas. 16.78 Newfane. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.55 New Haven. Cong. Ch., Y. L. Working Club, Bbl. C., _for Grand View. Tenn._ North Bennington. Cong. Ch., Ladies, Bbl. C., _for Grand View, Tenn._ Rupert. Cong. Ch. 24.40 Saint Johnsbury. South Cong., Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 40.00 Sheldon. Cong. Ch. 21.00 Strafford. Cong. Ch., 17: Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., _for Mountain Work_, 8 25.00 Westford. "A Friend" 5.00 Westminster. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., End-Day Off., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 5.00 Whiting. Cong. Ch. 6.31 Woodstock. W. H. M. S., 25; Mrs. Fred. Merrill, 3, _for Ballard Sch., Macon, Ga._ 28.00 _Received for Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga.:_ Barton Landing and Brownington, Bbl. C. Chelsea. By Mrs. C. D. Comstock, 4; Mrs. Sarah W. Sherman, Freight, 2.65 6.65 Coventry. Busy Bees, Bbl. C., Freight, 2. 2.00 Essex Junction. By Mrs. F. D. Bacon, Bbl. C., Freight, 2 2.00 North Craftsbury. Vermont H. M. S. 5.00 Montpelier. Bethany Ch., L. M. S., 2 Bbls C. Saint Johnsbury. Ladies of South Ch., Box C. West Glover. Ladies. Bbl. B. ------ 15.65

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont, by Mrs. William P. Fairbanks, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Berlin. L. H. M. S. 5.00 Brattleboro West. Jun. C. E., _for Indian Sch'p._ 5.00 Burlington. First Ch., W. H. M. S. 20.00 Northfield. W. H. M. S. 5.00 Norwich. Sab. Sch., _for Indian Sch'p_ 6.00 Saint Johnsbury. So. Ch. W. H. M. S., 26.93; So. Ch. Sab. Sch., 30; Center Ch., W. H. M. S., 5 61.93 Waterbury. Jun. C. E. Soc., _for Indian Sch'p._ 5.00 ------ 107.93

MASSACHUSETTS, $8,422.71.

Amesbury. Ladies H. M. Soc. of Main St. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.50 Amherst. First Cong. Ch. 90.00 Amherst. North Ch., 7.50; T. S. Cooley, Box S. S. Papers, _for Lincoln Acad., N. C._ 7.50 Amherst. Colored Bible Class, Bbl. C., _for Wilmington, N. C._ Andover. Rev. C. C. Starbuck, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.00 Andover. Theo. Sem., _for Mountain Work_ 1.25 Ashfield. Cong. Ch. 14.00 Bedford. Cong. Ch. 9.51 Berlin. Cong. Ch. 14.25 Beverly. Wash. St. Cong Ch. 50.37 Beverly Farms. A Day 1.00 Billerica. Mrs. Daniel W. Hardy, Bbl. C., _for Moorhead, Miss._ Blue Hill. "A Friend," _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 10.00 Blue Hill. Mrs. Lizzie A. Tucker, 30, to const. herself L. M. Incorrectly ack. in February number, from Blue Hill, Maine. Brimfield. Union Cong. Ch. Ladies, Bbl. C., _for Greenwood, S. C._ Brookline. Geo. P. Davis, _for Tuition, Little Mary, Gregory Inst._ 5.00 Buckland. "Life Member" 2.00 Blanford. Miss H. M. Hinsdale, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00 Boston. Ladies' Aux., _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 75.00 Old South Ch. Mrs. Clapp, _for Sch'p, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 40.00 Miss E. S. Fiske, _for Marshallville, Ga._ 25.00 Whatsoever Band, _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 6.00 Union Ch. Y. P. Miss. Soc. 5.00 "Girls' Refuge," _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 5.00 Perry, Mason & Co., "Youth's Companion," one year, _for Macon, Ga._ Mrs. M. H. Hitchcock, Bbl. C. _for Columbia, S. C._ Mrs. T. H. Kendall, 2 Bbls. C., etc., _for Marshallville, Ga._ Dorchester. Mrs. N. P. Livermore, 35; Mrs. Wm. Jenks, 8, _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 43.00 Second Cong. Ch., by B. C. Hardwick 25.00 Rev. H. Houston, _for Student Aid_, 5.33; Freight, 1.67; "Friends," by Mrs. Mary Houston, Bbl. C., _for Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._ 7.00 Jamaica Plain. Mrs. Cheney, _for Le Moyne Inst._ 25.00 Indian Association, by Miss Manning, Treas., _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D., Out-station Work for Women_ 10.00 Roxbury. Eliot Cong. Ch. 50.00 "A Friend," _for Tuition, Little Mary, Gregory Inst._ 8.00 L. H. M. S. Bbl. C., _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ ------ 324.00

Brookfield. Mrs. R. B. Montague 5.00 Cambridge. Henry White, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Stereopticon Coll. 19.48 Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. Woman's Miss. Soc., _for Work Among Chinese Women in Cal._ 10.00 Carlisle. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Saluda Sem., N.C._ 25.00 Centreville. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Charlton. Cong. Ch. 12.97 Chester. 2 Bbls. C., _for Meridian, Miss._ Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. 44.50 Cummington. Mrs. H. M. Porter, _for Mountain Work_ 10.00 Curtisville. Y. P. S. C. E., by Minnie Ford, Treas., _for Santee Indian Sch._ 10.00 Dalton. First Cong. Ch., to const. LILLIAN F. MITCHELL, CAMILLA B. PERREY, WILLIAM D. YEATS, WALTER H. SEARS and LILLIAN TOOLEY L. M.'s 165.15 Dalton. W. M. Crane, 100; Mrs. Z. M. Crane, 100; Miss Clara L. Crane, 100; to const. MRS. GEORGE MAYNARD, MRS. M. D. PELTON, MISS LILLIAN E. SIMMONS, JAMES BARDIN, HERBERT R. MESSENGER and CHARLES SLATER L. M.'s 300.00 Dalton. Mrs. Z. M. Crane 12; Mrs. Zenas Crane, 12; Mrs. J. B. Crane, 12; Miss Clara L. Crane, 12; and Miss Mary Crane, 12, _for Student Aid, Talladega, C._ 60.00 Douglass. "A Friend," 5; "Friends," 3, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00 Dunstable. Y. P. S. C. E., "Thank Off." 5.00 Everett. Mrs. G. W. Fitz, Bbl. C., _for Albany, Ga._ Fall River. Mrs. R. K. Remington, _for Wilmington, N. C._ 10.00 Fall River. Miss Robertson, _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._ 5.00 Framingham. Plym. Ch. 45.75 Framingham. Plym. Ch., Ladies, _for Williamsburg Acad. Ky._ 12.00 Franklin. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ Gill. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central Church, New Orleans, La._ 6.30 Greenfield. Mrs. Dwight R. Tyler 12.00 Halifax. C. E. Day, Off., by Nellie T. Bain, Treas. 2.65 Hamilton. E. M. Knowlton 2.00 Hatfield. Sab. Sch. Classes and Friends, by David Billings, Treas. 12.12 Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Theo. Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00 Haverhill. ----, 25; Y. P. S. C. E., Union Cong. Ch., 2.62 27.62 Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 50.00 Hopkinton. Mrs. A. M. Crooks, _for Little Mary, Wilmington, N. C._ 10.00 Hyde Park. Infant S. S., of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 8.00 Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Ch. 9.28 Leominster. Ortho. Cong. Ch. 40.00 Lee. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., 19; Mrs. Kibbon, 1; Miss Ames, 1, _for Avery Home, Charleston, S. C._ 21.00 Lowell. John St. Sab. Sch., 4; John St. Primary S. S., 15, _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._ 19.00 Lowell. G. H. Candee, _for Library, Straight U._ 10.00 Lunenburg. Evan. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Marlboro Washburn C. E. Union 2.50 Milton. Hon. Edward L. Pierce, 19 Vols. "Memoirs and Works of Charles Sumner," _for Straight U._ Milford. Rev. W. Woodbury, Pkgs. S. S. Literature; Mrs. Woodbury, 2 fine Lamps for Students' Rooms, _for Grand View, Tenn._ Monson. E. F. Morris, 100; Cong. Ch., 22.74 122.74 Montvale. Mrs. S. T. Greenough 5.00 New Bedford. Y. P. S. C. E., _for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ 5.00 Neponset. Mrs. S. L. Winsor, _for Library, Straight U._ 5.00 Newburyport. Mrs. S. Kimball, _for Le Moyne Inst., Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00 Newton. Mrs. George S. Trowbridge's S. S. Class, Elliot Ch., _for Little Indian Girl, Santee, Neb._ 5.00 Northampton. Miss Bates and Miss Fisk, _for Student Aid, Lincoln Acad., N. C._ 4.41 North Amherst. Ladies' M. S., Bbl. C., _for Lincoln Acad., N. C._ North Chelmsford. "A Friend" 5.00 North Falmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 North Leominster. Cong. Ch. of Christ 13.07 North Weymouth. Cong. Ch., "Wide Awakes," _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._ 5.00 Oakham. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Palmer. Second Cong. Ch., _for Theo. Student Aid, Talladega C._ 75.00 Pittsfield. Mary A. Bissell, Copies of "American Teacher," _for Talladega, Ala._ Plymouth. Church of the Pilgrimage 36.42 Randolph. Miss Abbie Turner, _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._ 5.00 Reading. "A Friend" 5.00 Royalston. D. P. Foster, _for Mountain Work_ 5.00 Salem. Y. L. M. S., _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._ 5.00 Sharon. Cong. Ch. S. S. Class, _for Williamsburg Acad., Ky._ 17.33 Sharon. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Somerville. Winter Hill Cong Ch., 31.61; Franklin St. O. C. Sab. Sch., 10 41.61 Somerville. Prospect Hill Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for Macon, Ga._ South Framingham. Grace Cong. Ch. 170.41 South Framingham. R. L. Day, _for Special Mountain Work._ 100.00 South Framingham. Grace Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Mountain Work_ 19.65 South Haley Falls. "Friends" 10.00 Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. SHERMAN W. BROWN L. M. 187.32 Spencer. Three S. S. Classes, by C. E. Green, 13; Through Miss Fitts, 12.50, _for Student Aid, Gregory Inst._ 25.50 Springfield. Robert H. Clizbe, by Mrs. E. B. Merriam 15.00 Springfield. King's Daughters, Circle of Ruth, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ 3.00 Springfield. By Mrs. Thompson, Bbl. C., Freight, 1.30, _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ 1.30 Springfield. L. M. Soc., _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._ 1.20 Sterling. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Sturbridge. Firs. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.36 Turners Falls. Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., 8; Mrs. Mayo's S. S. Class, 5.50, _for Central Church, New Orleans, La._ 13.50 Wakefield. Cong. Ch. 65.02 Ware. Miss Sage, 5; Mr. Cutler, 5; Jun. Y. P. S. C. E., 5, _for Meridian, Miss._ 15.00 Warren. Y. P. S. C. E., _for Student Aid_, 8; Bbl. C., By Miss Ellen L. Pixley, _for Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._ 8.00 Wellesley. "A Friend" 20.00 Wellesley. Wellesley College, Indian Ass'n. 3.00 Westboro. Y. L. B. Soc., Evan. Cong. Ch., _for Saluda, N. C._ 25.00 Westboro. Miss Kate Harrington, _for Student Aid, A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ 10.00 Westfield. ----, 2 Bbls C.; Mrs. O. W. Sanford, Bbl. C., _for Jonesboro, Tenn._ West Hatfield. Aid Soc., Bbl. C. _for Moorhead, Miss._ West Medway. Second Cong. Ch., _for Evarts, Ky._, and to const. REV. FRED HOVEY ALLEN L. M. 30.00 West Medway. Third Cong. Ch. 30.00 West Newton. "Pax" 2.00 Weymouth. Rev. J. M. Lord. 2 Boxes Books, _for Straight U. Library_ Wilbraham. Mrs. P. S. Horner 2.00 Williamstown. Church of Christ, White Oaks, by Rev. W. Morse 3.00 Williamstown. Mrs. L. D. White, Bbl. C., _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Winchester. Cong. Ch, Children, _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 40.00 Whitinsville. A. F. Whitin, Books, _for Library, Talladega C._ Worcester. Old South Ch., 100.25; Central Cong. Ch., 96.74; Park Cong. Ch., Ladies' Missy Soc., bal. to const. REV. INNAN L. WILCOX L. M. 13; A. L. Smith, 5 214.99 Worcester. F. D. and D. N. Dixon Memorial Fund, _for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ 20.00 Hampden Benevolent Association, by George R. Bond, Treas.: Chicopee. First 6.20 North Wilbraham. Grace Union 7.80 Palmer. Second 15.00 Springfield. First 20.43 Springfield. South 65.60 Westfield. Second 56.98 Westfield. Second Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._ 37.76 ----. "A Friend" 10.00 ------ 219.77

Woman's Home Missionary Association of Mass. and R. I., Annie C. Bridgman, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: W. H. M. A., _for Salaries of Teachers._ 338.47 Roxbury. Walnut Av. Ch., Ladies' Aux., adl., to const. MISS HELEN M. ATWOOD L. M. 2.94 ------ 341.41 -------- $3,672.71

ESTATE.

Walpole. Estate Mary B. Johnson, 5,000, less State Tax, 250, by Frederic Guild, Executor 4,750.00 -------- $8,422.71

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE:

South Berwick, Me. Mrs. K. B. Lewis, Bbl. Mdse., _for High Point, N. C._ Billerica, Mass. H. A. King, Overcoat, _for Nat, Ala._ Lanesville, Mass. W. L. Saunders, Pkg. Men's C., _for Nat, Ala._ Westford, Mass. Mrs. A. S. Wright, Bbl. and Box C., etc., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ West Newton, Mass. Miss Alice Williston Bbl. C. _for Nat, Ala._

RHODE ISLAND, $90.80.